Enhancing road resilience in Pacific Island Countries : World Bank assisting adaptation to climate change (English)

Pacific island countries are experiencing higher temperatures, rising sea levels, and extreme weather that is increasingly frequent and intense. The resulting damage has likewise been extreme. Between 2012 and 2015, for example, losses from three cyclones ranged from 11 percent to 64 percent of GDP in Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu. In many of these countries, primary roads and critical infrastructure are adjacent to the coast, and the majority of the...

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Michaels,Sean David;
Document Date
2015/12/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
102711
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Pacific Islands,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2016/01/18
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Enhancing road resilience in Pacific Island Countries : World Bank assisting adaptation to climate change
Keywords
coastal infrastructure

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Michaels,Sean David.

Enhancing road resilience in Pacific Island Countries : World Bank assisting adaptation to climate change (English). Transport and ICT connections note|no. 28 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/710711468194975210

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